300830-78-8Relevant articles and documents
Syntheses of the D-aldopentoses from non-carbohydrate sources
Banwell, Martin G.,De Savi, Chris,Hockless, David C. R.,Pallich, Susanne,Watson, Keith G.
, p. 885 - 888 (1999)
The cis-1,2-dihydrocatechols 5-7, which are obtained in high yield and ca. 99.8% ee by microbial oxidation of the corresponding aromatic compound, have been converted, via reaction sequences involving three distinct types of one-carbon deletion processes, into the four D-aldopentoses.